Our Annual Winter Banquet -- 2009
Congratulations to everyone on your achievements last year, and special congrats to our Special Award Winners:
Stable Manager of the year – Julia Dukes
Most Improved – Elyse Bruzdzinski
Sportsmanship – Erika Taylor
Pony Clubber of the Year – Turner Williams
Congratulations to our long service awards: Emily F / Emily G / Meg G – 5 years; Adrienne / Erika – 10 years; Ginny / Ashton – 15 years.
Our Members Rate Up!!!
Congratulations to Alex Vest on completing her D1 and D2 Rating. Well done Alex, you did a super job. Thank you to Katie Doherty her Examiner and Brianna her assistant. Thank you to Ms Margie for opening up her farm for the Rating and for her supervision.
Congratulations to Laura for now becoming a HB. She has worked extremely hard, and we are very proud of your achievements Laura. It takes ALOT of hard work to become an HB, and if you have any questions, please ask Laura!!!
Our D Competitors Do Well!!!
Congratulations to Elyse (Cpt), Julia, Quinn, Nicole and Emily G (SM) on their fine show of Dressage on Saturday. It was a very long day, with 24 Teams competing!! The scores were very close, and we finished just outside the ribbons, with only 19 points between us and the winners! This was Nicole’s first mounted Rally and she received ‘0’ in HM – way to go! All the girls did a good job in HM (thanks to Emily G for being a super support), again just placing outside the ribbons. This is the first time Elkridge has had a Dressage Team in the ‘D’ Rally for a long time.
A Huge congratulations to our D Eventers at their Rally yesterday. Team of Julia, Cpt, Elyse, Quinn, Madison and Emily F (C1,SM), showed a true Team spirit and pulled out some fabulous displays of Dressage, XC and SJ. Julia, Quinn and Elyse all had clear rounds for XC and SJ and Madison had clear for SJ and a few faults XC! They finished 4th overall out of 20 Teams and 4th in HM, with no Team HM marks deducted!
Congratulations to Julia, Quinn (Cpt), Alex and Josie (SM). They had a tough time with only having a short team at the last minute, due to Brooke’s horse not being well (we wish Sweetie a speedy recovery!) They worked hard but their Team placed just outside the ribbons. Julia had a super day, and finished 2nd overall individually, and Alex, who competed in her first Rally finished 4th overall individually. Well done to you all for your hard work and preparation and to Kristen W our coach.
A huge congratulations to ALL our pony clubbers who represented the Maryland Region at Championships – here’s how they did!
Tetrathlon:
Reilly Stettinius – Junior Girls
1st in Shooting / 2nd in Riding / 3rd in Running / 4th in Swimming - 2nd OVERALL!
Turner Williams – Intermediate Boys
1st in Swimming / 1st in Running / 2nd in Riding / 4th in Swimming – Turner finished in his Intermediate Boys division with the highest points (3741),CONGRATULATIONS TO TURNER FOR BEING CHAMPION AT NATIONALS – we are all very proud of you!!
Reilly and Turner where on the same team for Horse Management and finished 6th.
Brooke Nemec – Intermediate Girls
2nd in Shooting / 4th in Running / 4th in Riding / 5th in Swimming – 3rd OVERALL!
Brooke’s Team finished 4th in Horse Management – fantastic for her first Championships!
Show Jumping:
Kristen Dukes and Kate Doherty were on the same Team and they finished – 12th OVERALL
Kate finished 9th OVERALL in Equitation
They finished 9th in Horse Management.
Eventing:
Kira Young’s Team finished 4th OVERALL!
Polo X
Team of: Monster Mice, Valerie Resch (from Burntwoods) Captain, Brianna Price, Quinn Scala, Julia Dukes (SM)
They finished 6th OVERALL
They were 4th in Horse Management – fantastic for Brianna, Quinn and Julia’s first time at Championships!
Team of: Queen of Hearts, Erika Taylor, Captain, Emily Fox, Josie Bennett, Adrienne Clark (SM)
They finished 3rd OVERALL
Erika, Emily and Josie all received special certificates of recommendation to move up to the next level of ‘Intermediate’
Erika also won best overall horse in her division – the ‘Cadillac Award’
They finished 2nd in Horse Management!
We are very proud of you all, it is a very tough endurance of 4 days of competing and Horse Management judging, CONGRATULATIONS.
A big thank you for all the parents who volunteered their time and worked very hard at the Championships, and to John and Bill for coming to help the polo x girls with their strategic playing!!!!
Tetrathlon
Well done to our 2 teams!!!
We had 2 teams at Tetrathlon this year: All of whom did fabulously! Both teams did very well in HM and we had 4 trying to qualify for Nationals. All 4, Turner Williams, Kristen Dukes, Reilly Stettinius, and Brooke Nemec all qualified for Nationals!!! Way to go! What a way to make Elkridge proud!! Julia Dukes was awarded with a trophy for Highest Points in a Qualifying Division! Elyse Bruzdzinski came away with ribbons in three of her events, and Quinn Scala came away with ribbons in 2 of hers.
Even better is that this was Elyse's first Tetrathlon and Brooke's first Pony Club riding rally! What a way to make an appearance!!!!
Thanks for making us proud!!!
Eventing
Our individual riders:
Kate finished 7th in HM and 4th overall. She had a lovely dressage score, and clear rounds both SJ and XC. Ginny finished 6th in HM and 7th overall riding her ‘baby’ horse. A super dressage score and tough, good rides SJ and XC. Ashton finished 4th in HM and 9th overall. She was in the top 3 of the lowest Dressage scores of the day overall and had tough, good rides SJ and XC.
The Team
Josie, Cpt, Kristen, Reilly, Brianna and Meg, SM – finished 2nd in HM and 2nd overall, fantastic job!!!!!. Meg did a super job keeping them on time and together. Kristen had a nice dressage score, and clear rounds both SJ and XC. Brianna had a nice dressage score with good rounds SJ and XC. Reilly had a nice dressage score with good SJ and XC and also having the most exceeding standards in her HM with ‘0’ points off, well done Reilly. Josie also was in the top 3 of the lowest Dressage scores of the day overall and clear rounds both SJ and XC!
Thank you to our volunteers (including some of the dads) who worked hard for the day!
Thank you to Chrissy Donovan, she was so busy all day, and the girls really appreciate all the hard work and super dedication as a coach.
Well done to all you girls, GO ELKRIDGE!!!
Games
Junior Team, Julia Cpt, Elyse, Madison, Ross finished 4th in Horse Management and 4th overall. A tough division, they did us proud, good job!
Senior Team, Adrienne Cpt, Josie, Emily, Quinn, Rachel (Greenspring), finished 3rd in Horse Management and CHAMPIONS overall! Well done!!!! A super sportmanship shown by all for taking on a new rider at the last minute, and rising to the challenge and finishing in the top spot! They qualified for Championships, but are already going for polo x, so declined! A super trophy won, we are very proud of you all.
CONGRATULTIONS, GO GAMES!
Our C's Start off Well!
The Green EHHPC Team - Kristen Dukes (Cpt), Kate Doherty, Brianna Price, Erika Taylor & Quinn Scala (SM)
1st place team overall
3rd place horsemanagement
Kate 3rd place Equitation
4th place in Developing Horse & Rider Div
Qualified for Championships, accepted
Erika 4th place in Equitation
Kristen 7th place in Equitation
2nd place in Developing Horse & Rider Div
Qualified for Championships, accepted
The White EHHPC Team - Turner Williams (Cpt & SM), Rosa DiPiazza, Emily Fox, Reilly Stettinius, Kira Young
3rd place team overall
Kira 5th place in Equitation
2nd place in Horse 2 Div
Qualified for Championships, declined
Rosa was the only pony clubber to ride in the Horse 3 Division – well done!
Offered SM position at Championships.
EHHPC had many good rounds throughout the day and they worked very hard with Coach Kristen Wenderoff and their horses to do this well at the Rally. A Huge thank you to Kristen!
C+ Dressage Rally
Our 1st 2009 Rally - Quiz!
Our Mini D’s (Ross/Nicole/ 2 scrambles) finished 3rd, Jnr D’s (Julia/Maisie/Elyse/Madison) placed just outside the ribbons, a very competitive division, Snr D’s (Quinn/Brianna/Brooke/scramble) finished 6th, a very large division, Jnr C’s (Josie/Emily F/Reilly/scramble) finished 1st place, B’s (Kira/scramble) finished 1st. Both 1st place Teams qualifying for National Champs!
A super start to the year, good luck to your Rally Season, have fun, work hard, have success, learn lots!
End of Year Awards - 2009
Our Polocrosse Rally!
What a day! We had beautiful weather, great food, and terrific play! Who could ask for more - oh, how about a new grandson for John Porter, the coach! Yes, that very morning of the rally, he welcomed his first grandson, Jack, into the world! But he still made it to the rally to cheer and coach on the teams!
Under the wonderful coaching of John and Bill Minor, the teams were fantastic! We had two full Novice teams and Devon Barton played as a scramble for an intermediate team.
The Skittles, consisting of Erika (capt), Emily F., Josie and Kate (SM) did a terrific job. They finished in 1st place in Horse Management after a 3-way tie breaker question! Then, they finished in 2nd place overall! Way to go!
The Mane Event, consisting of Julia (capt), Quinn, Brianna and Shelby(SM) also did a great job. Their team placed in 5th place in Horse Management and then in 5th place overall. Both teams placed very well in Horse Management considering they were being judged against the Intermediate teams as well! We heard a great deal of compliments on Elkridge Harford standards in Horse Management which makes us extremely proud. Thank you girls for keeping that bar high!
Devon's team - the Bay Area Crab Cakes - an Intermediate Team, placed 2nd overall in the Intermediate Division. Way to Go!
Not only that, there were Most Valuable Player Awards given out for each division and Devon won for Intermediate! and Erika won for Novice!! Take a bow girls!!! Devon was also asked to play for APA - American Polocrosse Association - how's that for being good?
Congratulations to Brianna and Quinn, who passed their D3! They did so in the pouring rain at the Williams'! Much thanks to the Williams' for allowing the ratings to take place on such a "lovely" day! Also, much thanks goes out to their examiner, Chris Donovan for withstanding the weather, and also playing "vet" of the day for Summer! And kudos as well to Josie and Emily F. to being scribes of the day. Noone came home that day dry! Hurricane Kyle tried, but he didn't put a damper on the proceedings! D Show Jumping Rally
D Eventing Rally
Elkridge Harford sent a successful team to the D Eventing Rally which consisted of Julia (capt.), Quinn, Shelby and Emily F (SM). The girls did very well and came back with a third place overall out of 12 teams! A Job Well Done Girls!!!
Updates on Ratings!
And we are so proud of you! Great going!! High Level Ratings
Katie Doherty passed not only her C3 but also her HB!!! BRAVO!!!
Also, Adrienne Clark passed her C3!!! Adrienne is now a full C2+!! Way to go girls!!! You make us very proud!!
The C division of the ratings is the riding portion, while the H division is the knowledge portion. At this level, it is extremely hard! We are extremely impressed!
We have a couple of other girls that are working very hard toward some higher up levels, we are rooting for you!!
Championships - 2008
Wow - Did you guys do Wonderfully!
Tetrathlon! Carrie, Emily F., Reilly and Emily H. competed, and did extremely well!
As a team, Carrie, Emily and Emily placed 7th overall! Reilly was on the other Maryland regional team and her team placed 8th! Individually, Carrie placed 8th and Emily F. place 10th in the intermediate division. Well done, girls! Reilly and Emily H. both competed in the junior girls division and placed 3rd and 6th respectively. Way to go! Also, all of the girls placed 7th overall in horse management! Very proud!!
Eventing!!
Laura and Teddy did a fabulous job!!! Of course, Meg Gill had a hand in this as well as stable manager! Her tremendous help paid off we are all so sure, since the entire team came in SECOND PLACE!!! Those are some seriously large feet to clean with Teddy, so Meg had her hands full!! Laura had a great dressage score of 38.5, and clear rounds on both showjumping and crosscountry. All of that hard work paid off!! Bravo!!!
Showjumping!!
Josie and Desi!! What a team!! Their team finished in second place ~ and only by 0.14 points!!! WOW!!! And I am sure that they couldn't have done it without the help of Emily Gill as stable manager!!! And from my calculations, there were 4 clean rounds!! Josie also placed 3rd in Equitation overall! Great job and Way to go, girls!!
Tetrathlon
We had 7 girls compete this year in tetrathlon. This is different from the other rallies as the kids compete in other events other than riding.
Congratulations to :
Julia - she competed in Girls U10. She Placed 2nd overall and 1st in swimming!
Carrie - She competed in Intermediate. Carrie placed 1st overall, 1st in swimming and qualified for Champs!
Kristen - She competed in Senior. Kristen placed 3rd overall and placed 1st in swimming!
Emily Fox - Emily competed in Intermediate. She placed 3rd overall and placed 1st in riding! She also qualified for Championships!
Reilly - she competed in Juniors - Reilly placed 1st overall and qualified for championships!
Emily Hanley - Emily H. also competed in Juniors and placed 2nd overall. She placed 1st in riding and also qualified for championships!
Quinn - She competed in the Wild Card Girl Division and placed 3rd overall! Quinn also finished 1st in Horse Management.
We are extremely proud of all of you girls! It takes hard work!
Eventing
The C+ Eventing Rally did Extremely Well at Fair Hill! We had 2 teams - Red and Blue.
Our Red Team - consisting of Josie (capt), Emily F., Adrienne, Turner, and Emily G. (SM), placed 6th overall!
Our Blue Team - consisting of Katie (capt), Devon, Laura, Kristen and Meg G.(SM), placed 7th overall!
There was only 0.45 points between the two teams! Very Well Done Teams!
A Special Congratulations go out to Laura and Devon for qualifying for Championships! Devon for Novice Division and Laura for Beginner Novice Division. Bravo, Girls. Good luck at Champs.
Games at Antietam
We were very proud to send 2 teams to Games Rally this year!
Our Junior Team - The Skittles - consisted of Emily Fox (captain), Josie, Adrienne, Quinn, and Celeste.
What an excellent team they made! They placed 2nd in Horse Management and 2nd Overall!
The team qualified for Nationals, but decided it best to decline.
As for our Novice Team - The Galloping Jerms - they consisted of Julia (captain), Elyse, Ross, and Madison.
Can you say WOW!? Not only did they place 4th in Horse Management by only 2 points, but....
they placed 1st overall and brought home the Francis Pitt Memorial Trophy!!! Way to Go!!
Show Jumping - Our C's and above!
Our Pony Clubbers did extremely well! We had 3 teams go to the Show Jumping Rally!
Our Red Team! Devon (captain), Josie, Kate, Lauren and Emily Gill (SM)
Our Blue Team! Kristen (captain), Laura, Carrie, Emily Fox, and Meg Gill (SM)
Our Green Team! Ginny (captain), Ashton, 2 scrambles and Turner (SM)
Everyone did extremely well on that day!
Many Perfect Turnouts were handed out - Congratulations go to Kate, Josie, Lauren, Emily Fox, Carrie, Kristen and Devon.
Wow to Ashton for Placing 1st Overall for the day in Equitation and to Emily Fox for placing 6th in Equitation!
And to the Girls qualifying for Nationals! - Josie, Ginny and Emily Gill for Stable Manager for the Regional Team!
We are proud of all of you!
Dressage Rally
We were so happy that EHHPC had a team to send this year! Our team consisted of Adrienne (captain), Josie, Reilly, and Emily Fox (SM). By working as hard as they did, it truly paid off. They placed 10th in a truly tough field. Way to go girls!
Congratulations on Spring Ratings!
Congratulations to our Pony Clubbers who moved up in their ratings. They worked hard and it paid off!
| Ross | D1 |
| Madison | D1 |
| Elyse | D2 |
| Maisie | D2 |
| Selina | D2 |
| Julia | D3 |
| Emily Fox | C1 |
| Emily Hanley | C1 |
| Liz Peters | C1 |
Quiz Rally 2008
Excellent Job Elkridge-Harford!
You Practiced and It Paid Off!
The Mini D's: Elyse(capt), Selina, Ross and Madison placed 5th! Congratulations!
The Junior D's: Emily F. (capt), Quinn and Maisie also placed 5th! (out of 15 teams!) Wow
The Junior C's: Adrienne (capt), Josie and Reilly placed 2nd and qualified for Nationals!! Way to go!!
The Senior C's: Kate (capt), Emily G., Meg G., and Lauren placed just outside of ribbons in an extremely strong division. They had some strong points to show for their hard work! Good work girls!
We are so very proud of you all!! What a way to start 2008!
Congratulations to All in 2007!
End of Year Awards
15 Year Pony Clubber - Meredith Clark
10 Year Pony Clubber - Turner Williams
Most Improved - Emily Fox
Sportsmanship Award - Josie Bennett
Pony Clubber of the Year - Carrie Dukes
Whinnying is everything.
Polocrosse Rally
Our girls did wonderfully! Three teams went to the Capital Region Polocrosse Rally at the Potomac Pony Club. The Uptown Girls - Bethany Baumgardner, Erica Taylor, Tracey Shindledecker and Devon Barton all did great! They placed 2nd overall in their division, proving they couldn't be held back. Bethany was awarded top rider in her division, and won a brand new set of polowraps to boot! The Dixie Chicks - Carrie Dukes, Julia Dukes, Emily Fox and Lexi Buchanan, were tough on the field as well. They placed 2nd in their division and 1st in horse management. The final team of Josie Bennett, Quinn Scala, Celeste Lancaster, and Alex Cavallaro, known as the Skittles, also placed 2nd in their division. They were just as tough on the field as off, winning 1st place overall in horse management! Much thanks go to their coaching staff of Mr. John and Mr. Bill, whom without this couldn't have been done!
International Quiz Rally - Canada - 10/07
Laura Gorrell, one of our very own, not only qualified and made it to the international quiz team, but helped the United States Pony Club Quiz Team bring home a SECOND PLACE! How Impressive! We are in awe and so very pleased of Laura!
Eventing Rally - 9/07
While all of our girls had great day and great rides overall, our Baby Beginner Novices brought home the first place in Horse Management! Way to go girls! Make us proud!
2007 CHAMPIONSHIPS
TETRATHOLON: All girls achieved ribbons!
Kristen Dukes - Junior Girl 6th overall
Josie Bennett - Novice Girls 2nd overall
Carrie Dukes - Novice Girls 3rd overall
Emily Fox - Novice Girls 5th overall
EVENTING :
Erica Taylor had a successful individual time! The Maryland Team finished 7th.
POLOCROSSE:
Tracey Shindledecker, Bethany Baumgarder, Jessica
Kurtz, Devon Barton (SM) 6th overall and 2nd in
Horse Management!
SHOW JUMPING:
Ashton and Adrienne placed 1st in Horse Management and had a great time!
QUIZ:
Laura Gorrell - placed 3rd personally overall. She has been invited on the International Team to go to Canada in October. Congratulations Laura, we are very proud!